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A Proactive Knowledge-Based System of Medication Assistance for Aged Persons

고령자 약복용 지원을 위한 선행 지식 기반 시스템

  • 최재훈 (ETRI 라이프인포매틱스연구팀) ;
  • 임명은 (ETRI 라이프인포매틱스연구팀) ;
  • 김대희 (ETRI 라이프인포매틱스연구팀) ;
  • 박수준 (ETRI 라이프인포매틱스연구팀)
  • Published : 2009.11.15
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Abstract

In this paper, we developed a system that could assist appropriate activities for medication compliancy of the elderly. It employs a proactive knowledge which is represented as XML templates predefined for their medication activities. The knowledge-based assistance depends on the contexts considerably, which the system can recognize by continuously monitoring the current position and the time-schedule for their medications. The monitoring can be performed with ultrasonic sensors and infrared sensors mounted in a display and a pillbox respectively. According to the recognized contexts, the medication activities required by the elderly can be serviced through user-friendly multimedia display. In special, our experiment evaluates that the developed system is able to enhance the medication compliancy of chronic disease patients.

본 논문에서는 고령자의 약복용에 대한 순응도을 향상시킬 수 있는 약복용 행위 지원 시스템을 개발하였다. 이 시스템은 고령자의 약복용 상황에 필요한 행위들을 XML템플릿으로 미리 정의한 선행 지식을 이용한다. 지식 기반 약복용 행위 지원 서비스는 고령자의 약복용 스케줄이나 위치를 계속적으로 모니터링함으로써 인식되는 현재 상황에 매우 의존적이다. 본 시스템은 약복용 모니터링을 약상자와 디스플레이에 각각 부착된 적외선 센서 및 초음파 센서를 통해 수행한다. 이 모니터링된 결과로부터 인식된 고령자 상황에 따라 요구되는 약복용 행위는 사용자 친화형 멀티미디어를 통해 서비스한다. 특히, 실험을 통해 본 논문에서 개발된 시스템이 만성질환 환자들의 약복용 순응도를 향상시킬 수 있음을 평가하였다.

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